Writing mathematics in general:
Books on proofs often give a list of guidelines
for how to write mathematics. There are a few universal rules
that you should follow. I was browsing the book
Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof by Ted Sundstrom
and thought that his list of
Guidelines for Writing Mathematical Proofs was clear and fairly
standard. You should follow this list and I will deduct marks from your
work if you fail to follow those rules.
Writing mathematics with LaTeX:
All of the assignments you submit in this course will have to be written
using the LaTeX typesetting system. This means that you will
need to spend some time
learning how to use this system. While this might seem like an unnecessary
burden in a course that will already require a great deal of your time,
you will find that using LaTeX:
- forces you to organize your thoughts and write more clearly
- often reveals unclear thinking
- produces an easily readable document
- allows you to submit assignments using the Moodle system
- allows for easy editing.
You will find all of the resources needed to create a mathematics
document using an on LaTeX system in this section. Here are a few
sites that can be used to create LaTeX documents:
- Overleaf is a free to use online LaTeX editing system
- Verbosus is also free
- CoCalc is a computional system
that also provides LaTeX authoring on line.
- You may also wish to download latex onto your own computer
from one of
the LaTeX project or
or MiKTeX (Windows) or
Mac TeX (Mac)...and there are others.
I suggest starting with
Overleaf.
I just tried it out and I was up and running on their service
within minutes.
I will provide a basic template (below) and files that you can look at in order
to help you get started. However there are
many on-line resources for learning the LaTeX basics: